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Originally Posted by Pie
...and then Cali went and passed Prop 8. Asshats.
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Ironically, it looks like it was Obama's candidacy that pushed prop 8 over the top. He brought black and Latino voters to the polls in record numbers, who voted overwhelmingly for Obama, but who also voted for passage of prop 8.
"The proposition was trailing among white voters, but was ahead among black voters. Latino voters were closely divided." -
LA Times
Without Obama at the top of the ticket, Prop 8 probably loses.